Oman: Sayyid Mansoor, Special Adviser to Sultan Haithamnote

Sultan Haitham of Oman issued on Sunday (1/3/20) a Sultani decree whereby he appointed Sayyid Mansoor Bin Majid Bin Taimur Al-Said as his Special Adviser.

Sayyid Mansoor is said to be calling for strategic relations with the United States, but not at the expense of Oman’s relations with Britain.

Is he going to deal with defense projects?

What his first task will be?

What are his views on regional issues?

Tactical Report answers these questions and more in the following 302-word report.

[Briefly reproduced in TR Defense Weekly Issue No 27/10 – March 6, 2020]